Literature vs Performance and Plays vs novels

In class this week, we have talked a lot about literature and performance. Literature can be defined as writing that links ideas that are intended to interest people (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/literature?s=t). Literature has some similarities and differences to performance, which can be defined as some form of entertainment, which is often includes dramatics and/or music, that is performed for an audience (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/performance?s=t).
Literature and performance have many similarities. They both have the intention of telling stories to the viewer/reader. This storytelling is also heavily reliant on the characters that it portrays and make their audience experience emotion. Performance and literature have  large amounts of variety and genres. This variety in both is impacted by who each pieces' intended audience is. These are only some of the common traits between literature and performance.
Despite the many similarities between literature and performance, they both have many differences between them. The performers are in front of the audience and people view it together, making performances more connected with both their audience and the viewers with other people. This is unlike literature, because there are only words that connect to the reader, instead of other people, and literature is usually viewed alone. There is less room for imagination in performances, as the sets and characters are displayed to the audience, while viewers of literature have to picture the setting and characters in their heads. These are some of the many differences between
Two examples of literature are novels and plays. They have many differences and similarities. A play is defined as a written work that is dramatic and intended to be performed in front of others (Google.com). The definition of a novel is a long, complex written work with a sequential events and is fictitious (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/novel?s=t).
Both plays and novels have more similarities than being literature. In bot the reader only sees written words. They both are very centered on the characters in their works, as they are the center of the story and they often center around them changing during the course of the story. They both have similar orders of events, as both plays and novels follow sequential action, and occasionally have flashback. These are only some of the more important similarities novels share with plays.
Plays and novels have big differences. The format for plays and novels are  from each other, as novels are told through paragraphs that include description, dialogue, and often let the reader see into characters thoughts. This is almost completely different from plays, which usually have only dialogue and a somewhat brief description of the set. This enables there to be more freedom for interpreting in the setting in plays than novels, because usually novels' descriptions are more specific than in plays. The reader of a play also has to intemperate and compensate from only getting dialogue instead of descriptions and often getting to see the character's thoughts. Novels and plays have several key differences that are very important distinctions that separate the two genres from each other, as they also have many characteristics that they both have.
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